The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-08

grape vines that
one could scarce hsvc found the door
Knob but for its/brightncss from con.
stant securing. A large, old-fash-
loneo GardEA, in which both flowers
anu "eeS$ were allowed to grow at
:, ,tiell gym sweet will, stretched far be-
hhd the house, and ended in a forest
OF becchcs, II path through which led
to dilapidutcd rustic temple on the
brow of hill. This temple, which oc-
cuplcd an open space, was ilankcd by u
wcathcr-bcatcn stone table, surrounded
by wooden benches, and had, evident
ly, been reared by some lover of nat
ure. But the death or absence of its
owner had allowed the place to fall
into decay, and no one in the little
town had cared to cxpcnd time or
money for its restoration.
DIR. Arnim Elbthal had won great re-
nown and an extended practice in that
distant Russian city. Wonderful stories
were told of his skill, which had, in
decd, been phenomenal. These stories
the Russian servant, Ivan, whom he
had brought home with him, cndcav-
ored to confirm in his broken German,
resortingtO expressive pantomimc when
words failed him. According to Ivan.
his master had cut of innumcrabIc
noses and cars, to say nothing of arms
and legs, and no one had ever felt pain
under his knife. Incredible things in
glass jars adorned his slccpinm-cham-
bcr. These Ivan busted every morning
with rcvcrcntial awe and not without
secret longing for the spirits in which
they were preserved The doctor some
times wondered that the spirits i'm
these jars hat, SO often to be renewed
and that his store of Turkish tobacco
disappeared in such Incredible WAYS.
AS none Of the other servants smoked.
an" the houSckccprr dctcStcd the
my weed, ~ Ivan must have been
) sole tranSgrcSSOr. In spite of
'hccks often diStcndcd and an odor Of
excellent tobacco he carried about with
nm, he denied this prrsStcntly, and
Inc d0rto% contcntcd himself with an
occasional Scolding. Unable TO speak
russian, although he both read and
wrote the languaWc, he had been
Obliged to mako out Il list of rcproyinm
words from the dictionary. This Hsi,
which began with "rcbcln and cudrd
with "dog,' be would read from his
easy-chair with great solcmnity; the
uellnqucnt standing before him and
listening with an air of utter annihi,a-
lion, until, ut the last word, he would
kiss the seam of his masters coat. and
slip like Il guilty thing over the thrcsh-
old.
Fraucin Marianne, the doctors
cousin and housrkrrpcr, had often in
sisted on the dismissal Of this "sav-
age" but Ivan WAS to the doctor u liv-
ing Renaissance OF Il strange, active
life on Il foreign soil He had
thought to orCmain i'm KaSan to the end.
but the inheritance of Il small fortune
through the death of distant relative
lie had scarce known awakened in him
u sudden inconsistencies for Germany,
ana Tor the secluded little town nfar
from railways, where his cradle had
stood. and which in an age Of restless
ac'Vlty still dreamed on as it had
dreamed on for hundreds of years.
Having purchased this vinc-wrrathcd
house which, during all those years in q
foreign land, had stood before him
sort Of enchanted vision, he sum-
moncd his orphaned cousin Marianne
model housewife, as his minister of
the INTERIOR. Marianne indeed sirhrJ
mentally that her cousin had chosen
for home his native town rather than
some great capital, with its constant
succession of now faces and amusc-
mcntS. But yet the idea of rcinnin~
sole mistress of household appeared
50 beautiful and cnticing that she
would have followed the doctor TO thc
ends of the earth. She had always
liked him; she felt great respect for
nm; his only fault in her eyes was nm
open aversion tOmarriaGc. a physician
who remained single was, to say thc
least, umWiSe. Alnim would ward oH
her frequent rcproachcs on this score
by declaring that the unmarried
physician, like the Catholic priest, is
much more efficient than the married
one' being wholly devoted to his call
ing without the distraction of outside
interests.
Only those undctcrrcd by Thought
VI "ilc VI lamlly sacrifice themselves
,lEf glEfheertully, if it comes tothat," he said.
ay Ny patients can attest that | am not
Ie " @tute Of a heart. Hitherto I have
.Nng syn fimc for love to the individual.
sill be 30 late. Why need / marry
E, R, efc1nliiko yours keep my house
ES 5V(es~sv,'an serves me SO faith
Isl SnA rlccSl. to realize personally
Sll$ 20 fhiah the poets tells us
k.cncHtIYfrom love, when hayo
lileh sSaSsco SO much of pain and
Srhe lives of OtherSP"
Gsae ,'oreign land our Russian
e = on the name of "father''
sst5ption to his calling. Tho
W a Ydren had been his es,